TIMELINE OF MELBOURNE

Melbourne 0-50,000 B.C

first 10000 inhabitants are thought to have arrived in Australia at 50,000 BC

Melbourne zoo

Melbourne cup in Flemington

Melbourne's trade hall Royal Mint

National gallery of Victoria

1860 - The Burke and Wills expedition departed from Royal Park. 1861 - National Gallery of Victoria is founded 1861 - First Melbourne Cup 1861 - Victorian Exhibition held 1861 - Melbourne's population reaches 125,000 1862 - Melbourne Zoo founded 1863 - Batman's Hill levelled 1865 - Melbourne overtakes Sydney to become Australia's largest city 1866 – Inter colonial Exhibition of Australasia held 1867 - The current Town Hall begins construction 1869 - The Royal Mint is completed

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1850’s

Melbourne in the late 19th century 18 here is where Collins st is and some of the shops they have provided

This photo shows an old paddle steamer and a rowing boat in the Yarra river in 1892. the paddle steamer is a good example of how things have changed and what early transport looked like.

Musicians in parade.

Bourke Street, People playing banjos and instruments from their home countries.

Phar lap winning the 1930 Melbourne cup at Flemington racecourse.

A photo showing cable tram in swanston street near the Melbourne town hall in 1831.

This photo shows ships tied up at docklands in 1934. the ships look different to today's and there looks like there could be old factories around.

1910: Current Flinders Street Station completed.

Melbourne: 1910 – 1919

• 1910 - Current Flinders Street Station building is completed

• 1913 - The Domed Reading Room of the State Library is opened

• 1916 - Strict height limit of 32 feet (40 metres) imposed on all buildings

• 1919 - Electric suburban train services commence on the Broadmeadows line

W-class Melbourne Trams

1928 - Melbourne City Council installs the city's first set of

traffic lights at Collins and Swanson streets

1924 - first radio station 3AR

Victorian police went on strike in 1923

1922

Australian Qantas airways began service 1921 Essendon airport opens

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MELBOURNE 1970 - 1979Melbourne was still developing into the city it is today. The architecture were very art deco. It had state of the art transport and factories surrounded it.

ICI-Australia’s tallest office building until 1961

Collins StreetState Library of Victoria in 1957

1956-Melbourne hosts the Olympics games

Melbourne 1950-1956

• 1955- “The Split” (ALP's split in October 1955 leads to

formation of a new party )

• 1956- Melbourne hosts the Olympic Games

• 1956- First Australian television station

• 1958- The ICI house (Australia’s tallest office building until 1961) was opened

• The turning point in the development for Melbourne is considered to be the hosting of the Olympic Games.

• After the Olympics Games, Melbourne started to be transformed. New buildings were built, there was more traffic. The city started to incorporate different cultures

1962

• Puffing Billy Railway re-opened.

1961

• Monash Uni was opened in the Eastern Suburbs to account for the growing need for tertiary education in Melbourne

1967

• Ronald Ryan was hanged in February 1967. He would be the last man to be legally executed in Melbourne.

Collins Street (Melbourne, Vic) -- 1971-1980

Contrasting styles. The Neo-Gothic Scots' Church built in 1874 and the huge 1980's Post Modern 120 Collins Street Building.

Shows three storey building; theatre on ground level and a lending library in the upper floors in the 1980's; classic detail including a niche in the centre of the top floor containing a statue.

Melbourne 1991

In the urban area, the largest PowerStation is the New Port PowerStation, located close to the mouth of the Yarra River the stack of which dominates the skyline of the inner western suburbs.

Melbourne 1996

The docklands had started there development stages and the construction began.

The space remained vacant and unused during the 1980s and it fell in to disrepair. It was used for "special events" during the 1990s, becoming notable for a number of dance and rave parties.

MELBOURNE

2000

In the year 2000 Melbourne was developing a lot. The city link freeways

were opened, Telstra dome was completed and Bourke street was also

redeveloped.

MELBOURNE

2006

In the year of 2006 the commonwealth games were held in Melbourne. It was the largest sporting event to be held in Melbourne since the

Olympics in 1956.